NORMANDY, Mo. – Maryville University defeated the University of Missouri – St. Louis 15-2 in Tuesday afternoon's baseball game. The Saints were led by Michael Gould's five RBI and home runs from Andy Bunton and Zeb Roos.
 
UMSL Recap
The Tritons took an early lead in the first with a line-drive two-run home run off Maryville starter Noah Leingang. The freshman starter settled in from there, allowing just two runs over three innings, two hits, and one walk with two strikeouts.
 
Matt Arnold singled in the second to bring home Jacob Hager to pull the Saints within one. In the fourth, Andy Bunton led off the frame with his fourth home run of the year to tie the game. Maryville proceeded to load the bases with two outs for Elias Stevens who ripped a two-run single to give his team a 4-2 advantage.
 
In the top of the fifth, the Saints again loaded the bases, this time for Michael Gould. Gould fell behind 0-2 before crushing a grand slam deep over the wall in left-center. Zeb Roos and Stevens then hit consecutive doubles to extend the lead to 9-2.
 
Maryville loaded the bases for the third consecutive inning in the sixth and brought in a run when Arnold was hit by a pitch. An RBI walk from Jack Zebig brought in the 11^th run, followed by an RBI fielder's choice from Gould and a three-run home run by Roos to make it 15 runs.
 
Ryan Hoshaw and Nick Schmidt combined for four scoreless innings out of the bullpen, completing a 15-2 victory for the Saints on Tuesday.
 
 
Winning Pitcher: Noah Leingang (1-0)
Losing Pitcher: Nick Fitzanko (0-1)
  
Batting Leaders
Michael Gould: 1-for-4, Grand Slam, 5 RBI, 2 R
Zeb Roos: 3-for-4, HR, 3 RBI, BB, 2 R, SB
Elias Stevens: 2-for-5, 2B, 3 RBI
Andy Bunton: 1-for-3, HR, 3 R, BB
 
Records:
Maryville: 21-10
UMSL: 16-18
 
What's Next?
The Saints stay on the road to take on the 20^th-ranked University of Illinois Springfield in a four-game series beginning on Friday, April 14. The first pitch is set for 2 p.m.